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Steam May Soon Display Estimated FPS on Your PC Before Game Purchase, Dataminers Suggest

July 11, 2026Carlos Mendoza1 мин
A gaming PC setup with Steam UI elements.

Valve has recently updated the main Steam client, enabling users to include their PC specifications in game reviews and prompting players to share in-game frame rate (FPS) data. This follows Valve's earlier initiative to collect performance data from various games.

Now, dataminers have uncovered specific code strings within the Steam client, hinting at a future feature:

Code snippet showing the text "Select your hardware to see expected framerates"

One notable string found is: "Select your hardware to see expected framerates."

Users speculate that Valve intends to implement a system in Steam that will leverage the collected FPS data from players to provide an approximate estimate of frame rates on a user's specific PC configuration. This information would likely be displayed directly on the game's store page before a purchase, offering clearer expectations for performance.